Alive in Athens

Year:

1999

Label:

Century Media

Alive in Athens was recorded on the nights of January 23rd and January 24th in Athens, Greece. Iced Earth was the only band who played at the Rodon Club those nights, and they performed in front of sold-out crowds (of approximately 2000 people) both nights.

Iced Earth did not want to make a standard, run-of-the-mill live album; they wanted to make something truly special for the fans to own. Thus, they played two vastly different sets each night, as part of a plan to release a live package with the majority of their catalog on it. The finished product will be a three CD set, containing at least three hours of music. For those interested in vinyl, there will be a five-disc boxed set available. In the U.S., a shortened two CD version will be sold in stores due to cost restrictions. However, the full three CD version will still be available through Century Media mailorder. The band recommends all fans who want the original and complete version to order it rather than buying the two CD version.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:

Burning Times (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

Vengeance is Mine (The Dark Saga)

Pure Evil (Night of the Stormrider)

My Own Savior (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

Melancholy (Holy Martyr) (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

Dante's Inferno (Burnt Offerings)

The Hunter (The Dark Saga)

Travel In Stygian (Night of the Stormrider)

Slave to the Dark (The Dark Saga)

A Question of Heaven (The Dark Saga)

Disc 2:

Dark Saga (The Dark Saga)

The Last Laugh (The Dark Saga)

Last December (Burnt Offerings)

Watching Over Me (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

Angels Holocaust (Night of the Stormrider)

Stormrider (Night of the Stormrider)

The Path I Choose (Night of the Stormrider)

I Died for You (The Dark Saga)

Prophecy (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

Birth of the Wicked (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

The Coming Curse (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

Iced Earth (Iced Earth)

Disc 3:

Stand Alone (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

Cast in Stone (Days of Purgatory)

Desert Rain (Night of the Stormrider)

Brainwashed (Burnt Offerings)

Disciples of the Lie (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

When the Night Falls (Iced Earth)

Diary (Burnt Offerings)

Blessed Are You (Something Wicked This Way Comes)

Violate (The Dark Saga)

Lineup:

Jon Schaffer | Guitars, Backing Vocals

Matt Barlow | Lead Vocals

James MacDonough | Bass Guitar

Larry Tarnowski | Guitars

Brent Smedley | Drums

Rick Risberg | Keyboards

Additional Information:

Recorded at The Rodon in Athens, Greece on January 23rd and 24th, 1999.
Produced by Jon Schaffer and Jim Morris.
Engineered by Jim Morris.
Mixed at Morrisound Studios, Tampa Florida.